Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi 9Vols

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Sharh Mukhtasar al-Karkhi : Arabic, New,
شرح مختصر الكرخي
Sharh Mukhtasar Al-Quduri :
**[-A4] Hardback - 9 Volume set,
by Imam Abu'l Hasan al-Quduri [d.428h],
Tahqiq by Dr. Abdullah Nadhir Ahmad Abd ur-Rahman,
Published by Maktaba Haqqaniyya, Peshawar.

Description :

شرح مختصر الكرخي Sharh Mukhtasar Al-Karkhi outlines the systematic legal rules and maxims applied by early Hanafi Masters. For those studying the Hanafi school of Islamic Law, the method is to memorise or master a mukhtasar (summary) such as the actual text of Al-Quduri. which has it's commentary in the form of Sharh Mukhtasar Al-Karkhi, compiled by Imam Abu'l Hasan al-Quduri [d.428h] rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi.

The Mukhtasar Al-Quduri is one of the most celebrated and influential treatises in any Muslim school of methodology and thought and is the foundation for the Hanafi school. It is both the first source for scholars and a manual for the general reader.

This Edition : This is a sub-continental print [ 9 volumes]. As such, it is off-mint, with bumps, bruising, dents, marks and stains here and there, however it provides a substantial saving against a middle eastern print if in pristine condition. It is printed on cream paper and contains very little harakat.

Imam al-Quduri : He was al-Imam al-'Allamah Abu ‘l-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi al-Quduri, radi Allahu ta'ala anhu. He is more commonly known by his nisbah, as Imam al-Quduri. He was born in the year 362 A.H. He studied Fiqh from Abu 'Abdillah al-Faqih Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Jurjani. Among the jurists that learned Fiqh at his hands was Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Aqta. The chief justice (qadi al-qudat) Abu 'Abdillah al-Damaghani narrates hadith from him, and so does al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Imam al-Quduri, distinguished himself in Fiqh due to his intelligence. He went on to become the leader of the Hanafi scholars in Iraq, and he rose amongst them in status and fame. He authored :

    *** al-Mukhtasar, the fiqh summary bearing his name,
    *** al-Tajrid, encompassing the disagreed issues between the Hanafis & Shafi'is.
    *** al-Taqrib, also in issues of disagreement, a summary which he compiled for his son.

Al-Quduri was one of the ashab al-tarjih (jurists who weighed and analysed the strengths of differing verdicts in the madhhab). He died on 15th Rajab 428 AH in Baghdad, and was buried in his home, but was later transported and buried beside Abu Bakr al-Khawarizmi, another Hanafi jurist. He was well-spoken in his views, of a bold tongue, and constant in reciting the Qur'an.